2006 Newsletter No. 1
Coming Events Term 1
- Week 4Mon 20 Feb
Primary Afternoon workshop
Understand Operations - Week 5Tue 28 Feb
Primary Afternoon workshop
Calculate - Week 6Thu 9 Mar
Secondary Afternoon workshop
Judgements Using Progress Maps - Week 7Tue 14 Mar
Have Sum Fun ONLINE Yr5
Wed 15 MarHave Sum Fun ONLINE Yr6
Wed 15 MarPrimary Afternoon workshop
Chance and DataThu 16 MarHave Sum Fun ONLINE Yr7
- Week 8Tue 21 Mar
Have Sum Fun ONLINE Yr5
Wed 22 MarHave Sum Fun ONLINE Yr6
Wed 22 MarSecondary Afternoon workshop
Thu 23 MarHave Sum Fun ONLINE Yr7
- Week 9Tue 28 Mar
Have Sum Fun ONLINE Yr5
Wed 29 MarHave Sum Fun ONLINE Yr6
Thu 30 MarHave Sum Fun ONLINE Yr7
Fri 31 MarHave Sum Fun Upper Secondary
- Week 10Wed 5 Apr
Secondary Afternoon workshop
Fri 7 AprHave Sum Fun Lower Sec
Sat 8 AprHave Sum Fun Primary
CensusAtSchool:
Real projects that use real, raw data. Do you want to have real, raw data for your students to use? Heaps of it! CensusAtSchool will be a gold mine for teaching statistics at any level. Year 5 through to Year 12. Information Packs were sent to your principal in early October.
Find out more at www.abs.gov.au, click on the CensusAtSchool icon. You must register to participate.HECS Reimbursement Scheme
An initiative of the Western Australian Government
Did you work at least half-time in a non-government secondary school, teaching science or mathematics throughout the 2003 and/or 2004 and/or 2005 school years?
- Are you qualifi ed to teach mathematics, physics or chemistry at upper secondary level? And did you complete your Graduate Diploma in Education no earlier than 2002?
- Are you still employed as a secondary teacher?
- Have you completed within the last ten years an appropriate qualifi cation in science or mathematics or other relevant subjects AND completed a Graduate Diploma in Education?
- Have you completed all or part of this study at a Western Australian university?
If you have answered yes to all of these questions then you may be eligible to benefit from the HECS Reimbursement Scheme. Please understand that the selection of successful applicants is done on a "priority" basis.
Applicants must complete the appropriate Application Form and attach documentary evidence of:
- HECS liability. This can be a notice of assessment from the Australian Taxation Office preferably showing the maximum HECS debt incurred or for those paying fees up front, statements from the appropriate educational institution showing the amount paid per unit.
- Academic qualifications. Photocopies of degrees completed listing units studied and grades achieved.
Application Forms may be downloaded from the STAWA website www.stawa.asn.au
Enquiries may be made to the STAWA office on (08)92441987 or email to admin@stawa.asn.au
Primary Convention
Keynote speaker
Sue Willis, Dean of the Faculty of Education, Monash
University Melbourne
Main author of the First Steps in Mathematics resource materials
State Conference
Keynote speaker
Derek Holton, University of Otago NZ
Vice President NZ Maths Association
Keynote speaker
Nancy Snow
Psychologist
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